Husqvarna to emulate MINI in BMW stable
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:37 pm
As I read this, i was thinking "Huh?" They are looking to make off road bikes by building street bikes. I defer to brighter minds...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/mot ... table.html
Husqvarna’s Nuda 900 has more to do than most new bikes. Of course, it needs to sell well to justify its existence, but it’s also bringing Husqvarna back to pure road bike production for the first time since the Sixties, and it should show us what new owner BMW plans to do with the brand.
Not such a new owner, in fact, because BMW bought this run-down off-road bike brand from the MV Agusta fire sale four years ago. Husqvarna – once Swedish, then Italian – has a new factory funded by its German masters not far from MV Agusta near Varese in northern Italy, but we’ve seen little in terms of new models to show for the investment.
Until now, with the introduction of the Nuda 900 and similar but higher-spec 900R. Plenty is borrowed from BMW, not least the Nuda’s parallel twin engine, a heavily reworked version of the worthy if dull unit that powers the German company’s F800GS.
Capacity had been increased by 100cc through an increase in bore and stroke, while the crankshaft has been altered so rather than both pistons moving up and down together, the firing intervals are staggered.
There are also bigger valves, revised cam profiles and the inevitable remapping of the engine management. It all adds up to a substantial 18bhp boost to 103bhp, despite many of the changes intended to improve the feel and sound of the motor.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/mot ... table.html
Husqvarna’s Nuda 900 has more to do than most new bikes. Of course, it needs to sell well to justify its existence, but it’s also bringing Husqvarna back to pure road bike production for the first time since the Sixties, and it should show us what new owner BMW plans to do with the brand.
Not such a new owner, in fact, because BMW bought this run-down off-road bike brand from the MV Agusta fire sale four years ago. Husqvarna – once Swedish, then Italian – has a new factory funded by its German masters not far from MV Agusta near Varese in northern Italy, but we’ve seen little in terms of new models to show for the investment.
Until now, with the introduction of the Nuda 900 and similar but higher-spec 900R. Plenty is borrowed from BMW, not least the Nuda’s parallel twin engine, a heavily reworked version of the worthy if dull unit that powers the German company’s F800GS.
Capacity had been increased by 100cc through an increase in bore and stroke, while the crankshaft has been altered so rather than both pistons moving up and down together, the firing intervals are staggered.
There are also bigger valves, revised cam profiles and the inevitable remapping of the engine management. It all adds up to a substantial 18bhp boost to 103bhp, despite many of the changes intended to improve the feel and sound of the motor.